Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
Purpose The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten threats to global health in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications and factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This paper...
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2021
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/100713/1/100713_Vaccine%20hesitancy%20and%20implications.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/100713/ https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJHG-05-2021-0055/full/html?skipTracking=true |
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| Summary: | Purpose
The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten threats to global health in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications and factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper reviews literature on vaccine hesitancy and evaluation of factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia.
Findings
Vaccine hesitancy is a growing public health concern in Malaysia with factors such as influence of Internet and social media, personal choice and individual right, conspiracy theory, religious reasons and alternative medicine as among the influencing dynamics. An urban, educated demography operating within a postmodern medical paradigm compounds the diminishing value of vaccines.
Originality/value
This paper provides a comprehensive examination of vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia. Critical appraisal on personal choice over societal responsibility within an Asian/Muslim collectivist society has not been discussed in previous studies. The acceptance of homeopathy as an Islamic medicine alternative is peculiar to multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Malaysia. |
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